"But Mommy! I Love Chickens!"

Well it's official. We no longer have a well behaved "condo doggy". Chico and Dexter absolutely LOVE having a backyard and freedom to go outside and play all they want.

Dexter has been obsessed with all the chickens that roam the neighborhood and stares at them from the living room window. Today, a very unfortunate chicken got into the backyard and Dexter, in complete excitement, tackled it and killed it. He was SO EXCITED to show me his find. So it's official - he's now a Haiku doggy!

MySpace?

If anyone who reads this blog has a myspace.com page, let me know!
www.myspace.com/mariahmilan

21 Week Belly!!!

Here it is!! The growing belly! This was taken today by my mom here in Haiku (aka land of the red dirt). Thankfully, all the dogs were put in the house or else my skirt would have turned brown! LOL

I can't believe how much my tummy is starting to grow. I can't even see my feet anymore. I think it's awesome and I love to feel Ryenne moving around.

I ordered a special pillow online today and I hope it gets here soon. I'm so uncomfortable sleeping =(. We're still on the air mattress. I can't wait until our Tempurpedic bed gets here...

Baby Banana

Well we're now at the 21 week marker. It's truly amazing how fast time is now flying by! Here's the stats on Ryenne:

The baby's legs will be close to the final natural proportion to the body and head.
The baby's heart can be detected by a standard stethoscope.
Your hair and nails tend to grow rapidly now because of hormones that are released during your pregnancy.
Baby's Size and Weight this week:

Size: About 7.25 inches (head to rump).

Weight: Approximately 10.5 ounces

Right now your baby is about the size of a large banana.

We went shopping today to try to find crib stuff and we could only find cribs at ONE STORE on the island besides WalMart. Ugh. So we're going to have to order one online because the selection is SO BAD over here. Oh well - we'll have to order our stroller and carseat too.

We went to the fabric store and picked out all the fabric for Ryenne's crib set. It's SO CUTE! I can't wait to take a picture of her room when it's all done. Mom is going to make the crib set which is going to be awesome.

Oklee doklee... that's the update for now. =) TTFN!

20 Week Update!

Our baby girl is growing fast! I feel her moving around and kicking and punching all the time. I think she's a night time baby because she's most active in the evenings and before I go to bed. She sleeps almost all day long! Hmmm... sounds like me! *LOL*

We've almost got her name all figured out. Her first name is Ryenne (like Ryan) and she will have the middle name Alicia-Grace to honor two very loved women in my family. We also want to incorporate a Hawaiian name with appropriate meaning and I was thinking of Ualohekeakua which means "God has listened". I know it's a crazy ass long name - but maybe she'd like it when she's grown. We'll see. That part's not for sure yet.

We're loving talking about our daughter Ryenne and so amazed at how wonderful it is to call her by her name. I think she'll still have the nickname "Pepper" even after she's born!

Pepper's A...

Little Girl!!!
We are so happy, excited, overjoyed... The ultrasound was great and we got a few great shots of our little girl. What a wonderful day.

We can't wait to see what our little Ryenne looks like!

Oh the suspense!!!

OHMYGOSH.... the big ultrasound is TOMORROW! I am sooooo excited! I hope that Pepper shows him/herself and we get a good picture! I'd love a profile so that I can get it framed. Hopefully the u/s dude is cool. I'll post more tomorrow!

Pictures from Kona

We went to Kona last weekend to photograph a wedding and we got some pretty cool pix while we were there. Just thought I'd share a few of my favorites!!!


This is the view from our room! Isn't it killer? Couldn't have had a better view than this...


Hard to beat the Kona sunset! The vog really makes it awesome (although it gives me a stuffy nose!)


This was pretty funny! We had to take a pic of it! LOL


And here we are surrounded by lava rock. Check out the belly!

Moving Sucks!

It's been a little while since I gave any updates to the blog. It's been so crazy busy lately! We are in the process of moving from Napili to Haiku and it's very stressful and time consuming. I'm actually feeling extremely overwhelmed by it. There's so much to do, and I have so little energy to do it. Argh.

The cottage we're moving into is so cute. It's bigger than the condo and will be very comfortable for us and Pepper while we're building the house. Hopefully construction will start in March or April if we get everything going in a timely manner. I am so excited to have room for people to visit and a proper office for my business! Not only that, but I also love the Haiku weather! I just feel bad for Peter because the commute is about an hour and fifteen minutes each way. I told him that if he's miserable, we'll figure something out.

Mom comes home on Monday and I'm so happy that she'll be able to help us move. She's the "master packer" of the operation. Then on Wednesday the 18th we have our level II ultrasound and hopefully Pepper will cooperate and show his/her stuff! I'll definitely post what we find out.

Ok... that's the update for now. Hopefully I'll post again soon and be a little more upbeat! LOL